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be-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feolan, l. be-feólan, dele first passage, and add: p. -fealh, -feall, -feal, pl. ful(g)on.

to buryto bearbe pleased withto apply oneself earnestly to somethingto be urgent with a personto press to persistpersevere with something to persist incontinue

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Ðára ðe spéda hæbben ðæt hié ðǽm (learning) befeólan mægen, Past. 7, 11. Ne mæg ic ðǽre stíðnysse befeólan þe þú mé tó tíhst, Hml.

ge-þreán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þreán, p. þreáde; pp. -þreád

To reproverebukeafflictvexconstraincompelcorripereincreparearguerecogereaffligerecoartareurgerevexare

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He náhte his líchoman geweald ac he wæs mid godcundum mægene geþreád he had no power over his body, but was afflicted by the divine might, Blickl. Homl. 223, 12

Linked entry: þreágan

á-wegan

to carry off to put awayrenounceto weigh.to put in a balanceto estimateconsiderto be equal in weight to

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Áwegen perpensa, librata, Germ. 394, 307. to estimate, consider Mǽgenu hé áwyhð vires pensat, Scint. 10, 15. Áweget appendit (corda ), Kent. Gl. 768. Hig ǽrest ápinsiað wærlicum móde þá naman and þá bínaman ...

óleccan

Grammar
óleccan, ólæcan (l. ólǽcan).
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Ðú woldest beón foremǽre on weorþscipe . . . þonne scealt þú óleccan swíþe earmlíce þám þe þé tó þám gefultumian mæge dignitatibus fulgere velis ? danti supplicabis, 32, 1; F. 114, 11.

hrædlíce

(adv.)
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Uton habban úre mód úp swá swá wé yfemest mægen wið ðæs heán hrófes þæs héhstan andgites ꝥ þú mæge hrædlícost cumon tó þínre ágenre cýððe, Bt. 41, 5; F. 254, 17.

sacerd

(n.)
Grammar
sacerd, es; m.

A priest

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Moises heóld his mǽges sceáp ðæs sacerdes on Madian, 3, 1. Putifares dohtor ðæs sacerdes of ðære byryg, Gen. 41, 45. Hé slóh ðæs sacerdes(héhsacerdas, Lind. Rush.) þeów, Mk. Skt. 14, 47.

ge-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnáwan, ic -cnáwe, ðú -cnáwest, -cnǽwst, he -cnáweþ, -cnǽwþ, pl. -cnáwaþ; p. -cneów, pl. -cneówon; pp. -cnáwen

To knowperceiveunderstandrecognisenoscereagnosceresentirecognoscere

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Ðæt geðeóde ðe we ealle gecnáwan mægen the language that we can all understand, Past. Swt. 6, 8. Ic hafu gecnáwen ðæt ðú Hǽlend eart middangeardes I have perceived that thou art the Saviour of the world, Elen. Kmbl. 1613; El. 808.

Linked entry: ge-cneów

ealdian

(v.)
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Ðæs ealdigendan mannes mægen bið wanigende. Hml. Th. ii. 76, 21. <b>I a.

ge-lífan

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Ðé wæs þeós hwearfung betere, for þám þæt þú þé betre ne geléfde, Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 25. with clause Þú geleófst ꝥ seó wyrd . . . þás woruld wendan ne mæge, Bt. 5, 3; F. 14, 10.

ge-frætewian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frætewian, -frætwian, -fretwian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To adorndecktrimornāreredĭmīre

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He æfter fæce mid óðrum gástlícum mægenum gefrætewod ætýwde postmŏdum cætĕris virtūtĭbus ornātus appāruit, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 44 : 3, 11; S. 535, 32.

stalian

(v.)
Grammar
stalian, p. ode
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Læcedemonie hæfdon máran unstillnessa ðonne hié mægenes hæfden and hlóðum on hié (the Thebans) staledon Lacedaemonii, inquieti magis quam strenui, tentant furta bellorum, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 100, 2

Linked entry: stal-gang

be-swápan

to sweepto wrap upcover up

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Hé bió wið ǽlce orsorgnesse besuápen mid ðyssum mægenum contra prospera virtutum ornamento muniatur, Past. 83, 11. Hé bií besuápen mid swíðe wlitige ofer-brǽdelse on bǽm sculdrum quanta in utroque humero superhumeralis pulchritudine tegatur, 21

á-cuman

(v.)
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Ðæt hé nánum men máre ne beóde ðonne hé ácuman mæge ut auditoris sui animum ultra vires non trahat, Past. 459, 7. Ne mæg ic ána ácuman ( sustinere ) eall ðis folc, Num. 11, 14

brycg

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Ðeáh se man nime ǽnne stán and lecge on fúl slóh, þæt se ælmesman mæge mid þám óðrum fét steppan on ðá clǽnan healfe, þæt him bið micel méd for Gode, Wlfst. 239, 9.

ge-bétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bétan, he -béteþ, pl. -bétaþ; p. bétte, pl. bétton; pp. -béted, -bétt; v. trans, [ge-, bétan to amend] .

to make betterimprovemendamendrepairemendārerepărāreto make strongfortifysurround with a wallconfirmāremunīremūrāreto make amendsreparation'bót' forrepentto obtain a remedy againstto get 'bót' fromavenge

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Lind. 10, 13. to obtain a remedy against, to get 'bót' from, avenge Ðú wille cweðan ðæt ða welgan habban mid hwam hí mǽgen ðæt [hunger, thirst, cold] gebétan you will say that the rich have wherewith they can remedy that, Boeth. 26, 2; Fox 92, 37.

Linked entries: ge-bétt ge-bótad

þreátung

(n.)
Grammar
þreátung, e; f.

compulsionforceviolenceoppressionill-treatmentrebukereproofthreatening

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Ðurh ðæt ísern is getácnod ðæt mægen ðara ðreátunga per ferrum increpationis fortitado signatur, Swt. 163, 24. <b>II a.

ge-défe

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Dyde gedéfe mægen Dryhtnes swýðre dextera Domini fecit virtutem, 117, 36. Míne gedéfe word verba mea, 140, 8 : 145, 6

talian

(v.)
Grammar
talian, p. ode.

to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account,to impute, ascribe, lay to the account ofto reckon, enumerate

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Ben. 125, 5. where the supposition is expressed by a clause Ðú talas ( putas ), ðæt ic ne mǽge gebidda fader mín, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 53. Se man talaþ, ðæt hé ðonne hál sié, Lchdm. ii. 208, 6.

ge-sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceáwian, p. ode; pp. od.

To spew, manifest, exhibitexhibere, monstrāre, manifestāreTo see, behold, view, look round uponvidere, perspicere, circumspicereTo see, considervidere, considerare

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To see, consider; videre, considerare And he scearpe ne mǽge gesceáwian non considerat? Ps. Th. 93, 9

Linked entry: sceáwian

þicness

(n.)
Grammar
þicness, e; f.
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Gyf hwá mycelne hracan þolige, and hé ðone him eáþelíce fram bringan ne mæge for ðycnysse, 284, 24.

Linked entry: þicce